System requirements for AutoCAD 2009

Solution:

System Requirements For 32 bit

• Operating system: Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2, Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2
• Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later
• You cannot install AutoCAD if Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 (or later) is not installed on the installation workstation. You can download Internet Explorer from the Microsoft website: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• CPU: Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
• Memory: 1 GB (Windows XP SP2), 2 GB or greater (Windows Vista)
• Display resolution: Graphics card 1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card.
• For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum)
• Hard Disk: 750 MB for installation
• Download (ESD) and installation from DVD or CD-ROM

System Requirements For 64 bit

• Operating system: Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows XP Professional
• Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• CPU: AMD 64 or Intel EM64T
• Memory: 2 GB
• Display resolution: Graphics card 1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card.
• For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required 1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum)
• Hard disk: 750 MB for installation (Windows XP SP2), 2 GB available not including installation (Windows Vista)
• Pointing device: Mouse, trackball, or other device.  Any speed (for installation only) 
• DVD/CD-ROM: Download or DVD

Additional recommendations for 3D use

32-Bit
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2
Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2

64-Bit
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows XP Professional

• Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or AMD® Athlon, 2.2 GHz or greater
• or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 1.6 GHz or greater
• RAM: 2 GB (or greater)
• Graphics card: 1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color) 128 MB or greater, OpenGL®, or Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card.
• For Windows Vista, a Direct3D capable workstation class graphics card with 128 MB or greater is required1024 x 768 VGA with True Color (minimum)
• For graphic cards that support Hardware Acceleration, DirectX 9.0c, or later, must be installed.
• Installing from the ACAD.msi file does not install DirectX 9.0c, or later. Manual installation of DirectX is required, in this circumstance, for Hardware Acceleration to be configured.

For more information about tested and certified graphics cards, visit http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-graphicscard